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Is my wide angle lens the right size for my camera?

I own a Fujifilm Finepix S5000 camera. I recently purchased a wide angle lens online. It said it would work with my camera. It fits and everything works right with it, except that when it is zoomed out, there are black shadows on the four corners. I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be like that or not… but I think maybe the lens is might not be the right size and the edge of the lens is causing a shadow effect in the corners of the pic. I’ve never dealt with wide angle lenses so could someone please help me out here?

This is most likely vignetting. If so, it is inherent to the quality and design of your add-on wide angle lens. Your Fuji didn’t do it before because of better quality in the lens Fuji used.

Some of the lenses sold online have a lower price becaause they just don’t have the best optical performance.

Usually this appears only at high telephoto zoom, so the lens might be fine for your real wide angle shots. Just take the wide angle add-on off, except when you really need it.

I have read some pro tutorials which argued that it is counter productive to use high telephoto with a wide angle on top. Really you just reduce the telephoto when you do that.

You bought the lens to get more wide-angle, not to reduce telephoto. So it might be just fine if you only use it for that purpose.

I am thinking of getting one too!

Good Luck!

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